Johnson's power-play goal tied it with 4:15 left in the third period on a one-timer from the top of the left circle. It came 10 seconds after Tomas Jurco went off for interference in the offensive zone. Datsyuk scored the game's first goal 4:52 into the third period. On a power play, Datsyuk beat Pickard with a wrist shot from the high inside area of the right circle, after taking a cross slot pass from center Riley Sheahan. It was Datsyuk's 13th goal and the Red Wings' first in 95:03. The goal came 42 seconds after Avalanche defenseman Nate Guenin went off for tripping. Pickard stopped defenseman Niklas Kronwall's tip attempt from the bottom of the left circle 1:33 into the third period. It came off a spinning blind pass from Datsyuk from inside the blue line. Pickard stopped Tatar from the slot after the latter pulled up on the rush with 5:25 remaining in the second period. Detroit defenseman Brendan Smith was cut on his lip after a puck deflected up off his stick and Iginla's stick midway through the second.
The Avalanche killed off a four-minute shorthanded situation that began in the first period and ended 34 seconds into the second. It was the result of Maxime Talbot's high stick to Kronwall's face. Pickard made an outstanding glove save on Datsyuk's wrist shot from the upper inside edge of the right circle late in the first period during a power play. The shot appeared headed for the short-side corner up high.
Buffalo @ Boston 3-4 OT - Dougie Hamilton scored his second goal of the game with 1:31 remaining in regulation to force overtime, Eriksson scored with 2:14 elapsed in the extra session. Eriksson had just gone over the boards during a line change when he received a pass from Milan Lucic at the Sabres blue line. Eriksson took the puck to the net and beat goaltender Jhonas Enroth. Hamilton took advantage of the Bruins' 6-on-5 advantage with his second goal of the game. Hamilton scored on a wide-open wrist shot from the right circle with 1:31 remaining to tie the score 3-3. Brian Gionta was injured on a hit by Bruins defenseman Matt Bartkowski and forward Marcus Foligno was injured in the ensuing fight with Bartkowski. Gionta and Foligno did not return to the game because of upper-body injuries. Bartkowski received a game misconduct. Schaller, a rookie from Merrimack, N.H., put the Sabres ahead 3-2 with 1:27 gone in the third period with his first NHL goal on a wraparound. He was called up Sunday from the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League because of the injuries and illness afflicting the Sabres. Schaller's parents made it to the game. The Bruins took advantage of their first power play twice, but only one of their goals counted in the first period. At 5:32 of the first period, Reilly Smith seemed to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead with a slap shot from the high slot, but the goal was waved off because of goaltender interference by Eriksson. Twenty seconds later, Hamilton scored on a one-timer from the left hash mark off a feed from Carl Soderberg to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. Boston had been 0-for-11 on the power play over its past five games.
The Sabres wound up with a three-minute power play late in the period because of a major for interference against Bartkowski for the hit on Gionta, but the Bruins killed the man advantage. Enroth kept the Sabres in the game during the power play when he stopped Boston center Patrice Bergeron on a breakaway with less than three minutes to play in the first period. Buffalo tied the game 1-1 on an Andrej Meszaros goal at 6:06 of the second period when he drove to the net and buried a feed from Chris Stewart. Buffalo then took the lead 2-1 on a power-play goal by defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen on a shot that went off Boston defenseman Torey Krug's skate at 14:36. The Bruins evened the score 2-2 one minute later on Chris Kelly's tip-in from between the hash marks. The goal was Kelly's first in 23 games.
Carolina @ NY Rangers 0-1 - McDonagh gave the Rangers the only goal they needed Sunday at 4:10 of the first period. He scored on a one-timer from below the left hash marks off a behind-the-net pass from center Derek Stepan, who has 15 assists this season and points in three straight games. Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello led the breakout and dumped the puck in off the end boards. Stepan won the race to it against Carolina center Victor Rask, and got free behind the net after Rask tried to lift Stepan's stick instead of take the body. Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk didn't step up to defend Stepan after he got away from Rask and Carolina forward Elias Lindholm was late recovering on McDonagh. Khudobin's best save might have come at 13:13 of the third period, when he reached out his blocker to knock away forward Derick Brassard's shot from the front of the left post. He made several pad saves on point-blank opportunities to keep the score at 1-0 in the first period at a time when the Rangers were all over the Hurricanes and forcing them to play sloppy through the neutral zone.
Toronto @ Chicago 0-4 - Chicago played without center Brad Richards, who is day-to-day because of an upper-body injury. Versteeg shifted from left wing on the second line to fill Richards' spot at center; Sharp moved up from the third line to play left wing opposite Kane. The unit, which helped produce the first two goals, didn't take long to click. Rundblad got the scoring started at 15:30 of the first with a point shot that turned into his first goal with the Blackhawks, second of his career. It was assisted by Kane and Sharp, who screened Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer (30 saves). Versteeg made it 2-0 at 19:59. After a pass from Kane, Versteeg kicked the puck to his forehand and used a wrist shot to beat Reimer over the glove for his ninth goal. Kane and Toews sealed it with their goals in the third to assure the Blackhawks of a split in the two-game season series. In the first game against Toronto, Reimer made 45 saves and denied the Blackhawks on 26 shots in the third period. Chicago beat him twice in its first 12 shots Sunday and didn't let up until the final horn. The Maple Leafs applied the most pressure in the second, with a couple of close calls, they just couldn't get the puck past Raanta or the post. The nearest they came to scoring was at 11:55, when forward Daniel Winnik tipped a shot from in front of the crease that hit the right post. The puck caromed into the blue paint and Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook cleared it to end the scoring chance.
Philadelphia @ Winnipeg 4-3 OT - Two third-period goals from Lecavalier helped the Flyers to overcome a 3-1 third-period deficit and force overtime. After Lecavalier's second goal with 3:14 left in regulation made it 3-3, Voracek stripped Winnipeg defenseman Dustin Byfuglien of the puck near the Winnipeg net and scored his second goal of the game 10 seconds into overtime for the Flyers, who have won back-to-back games. Lecavalier scored his second goal of the game. Lecavalier intercepted Winnipeg defenseman Jay Harrison's clearing attempt and put a shot under the crossbar for his fourth goal of the season. Voracek finished a 2-on-1 rush 46 seconds into the game, taking a pass from Giroux and sweeping it past Pavelec for his 13th goal. Zepp faced eight shots in the first four minutes, but Halischuk made it 1-1 on the Jets' ninth shot. Halischuk scored his first goal since March 31 when he slipped past two Philadelphia defenders and beat Zepp with a slap shot at 6:38. Fifty-five seconds later, Byfuglien moved off his right point and around the Philadelphia defense before putting a backhand shot from in close past Zepp for his eighth goal of the season. Perreault sent the Jets ahead by two goals when Zepp could not control Mark Scheifele's shot, allowing Perreault to stuff it into the net from a tight angle at 11:21. Perreault's sixth goal extended his point streak to seven games (three goals, four assists). Lecavalier moved the Flyers back to within one goal when he tipped Mark Streit's screen shot past Pavelec 6:06 into the third period. The Flyers outshot Winnipeg 9-2 in the third period.
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